Emergent Effects
Emergent Effects posts at @emergenteffects
Why the Boriswave is not an economic boon
A case for optimism depends on flawed data and muddled thinking
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
